Alfred Bird F.C.S.

[A Sparks]

Wow, great house!
Very interesting interiors.

 

[Richard Dye]

Wow, great house!
Very interesting interiors.

And all that from a few tins of custard

 

[pjmburns]

Wonderful. The wood carving inside was what I remembered.
Thank you for posting.

 

[Pedrocut]

Nice piece of history, thanks for sharing.

 

[mikejee]

And all that from a few tins of custard

He made his money largely from custard powder, but also baking powder and invented many other things , such as a water filter, firework (pharaoh's serpent) and a "Rsinbow buble" , the latter being exchibited before Queen Victoria

 

[Astoness]

thanks shirley they are wonderful photos...please post more when the time permits...

thanks

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

Hope Shirley can repost those wonderful photos which have now been lost.

 

[Astoness]

Hope Shirley can repost those wonderful photos which have now been lost.

hopefully mike or others may have saved them jan and can re post them for us..i meant to save them but forgot

lyn

 

[mikejee]

I regret I also meant to but didn't

 

[Astoness]

I regret I also meant to but didn't

ok mike in that case we can only hope shirley spots this post and can repost the photos

lyn

 

[Shirley Dawn]

Yes, here they are, I didn't realise they needed to be saved, thanks for the tip.

 

[Astoness]

thanks shirley when we say saved what we mean if that if our members would like to save them for their files...we had a technical problem again yesterday which sadly resulted in all yesterdays posts being lost...thank you for re posting

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

Adding what I put yesterday.
The horse statue is now in Brueton Park.

“Horse and His Master” statue

The Grade II-listed hollow bronze statue in Malvern Park is by notable Victorian sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890) and was cast by H. Young & Co., Pimlico. Boehm was born in Austria to Hu…

solihulllife.org

My late Mother used to say her Father, a council gardener, was involved in the move - I think that might just be a family story.

 

[pjmburns]

For those who don't know - the house is now split into apartments and called Blossomfield Park. (Name change possibly because of nearby school named after the house - Tudor Grange)

Home - Alfred Place

blossomfieldpark.co.uk

 

[pjmburns]

1904 map

 

[Richard Dye]

Yes, here they are, I didn't realise they needed to be saved, thanks for the tip.

Very well done Shirley!

 

[Shirley Dawn]

1904 map
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Thank you Janice for your post re Tudor Grange, and the Solihull Heritage organisation, for that has led to me a place to offer the album and other phots and documents. They went off today, so if all goes well they will be available at The Core, Touchwood, Tracey Williams has been my contact. I'm so glad I found the forum, and grateful for all the support. Sheila

 

[pjmburns]

I have had contact with Tracey although I can't remember exactly why. I seem to recall she was very helpful. (Probably a local history project when I taught at the other Tudor Grange - the school that is).
Glad to know they will be there for people to see.

 

[Astoness]

think this is a new one and all the men wearing a hat

lyn

 

[Astoness]

think this is a new one

lyn

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[Shirley Dawn]

What a find, thank you for posting it. Yes, hats, what are they all holding, it looks like rolled up mats, lino?

My grandmother died of melancholia according to her death certificate, I'm wondering if that is a euphemism for something else. Would anyone know of how I could research this, as in history of medicine, social attitudes to mental health in the 1930s. Sheila

 

[pjmburns]

My grandmother died of melancholia according to her death certificate, I'm wondering if that is a euphemism for something else. Would anyone know of how I could research this, as in history of medicine, social attitudes to mental health in the 1930s. Sheila

Melancholia today would, I think, be called severe depression.

 

[Richard Dye]

think this is a new one and all the men wearing a hat

lyn

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And they are all carrying the same box. Must be a gift for the occasion.

 

[Shirley Dawn]

Melancholia today would, I think, be called severe depression.

Thanks Janice, I had been looking at severe depression being the melancholia diagnosis, though what I have read there has to be some action from the sufferer to cause actual death. Her death certificate does add, 'no post mortem necessary', so I suspect it may have been suicide, and that would have been quietly covered up,to protect the family.

 

[Astoness]

Thanks Janice, I had been looking at severe depression being the melancholia diagnosis, though what I have read there has to be some action from the sufferer to cause actual death. Her death certificate does add, 'no post mortem necessary', so I suspect it may have been suicide, and that would have been quietly covered up,to protect the family.

hi shirley i cant say for certain but i would have thought if it was suicide it would have said that on the death cert...maybe someone can help further on that

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

I have a death cert for a suicide but it doesn't say the word.
Dated 1912 it uses "self inflicted wound"

 

[Morturn]

Thanks Janice, I had been looking at severe depression being the melancholia diagnosis, though what I have read there has to be some action from the sufferer to cause actual death. Her death certificate does add, 'no post mortem necessary', so I suspect it may have been suicide, and that would have been quietly covered up,to protect the family.

When the words 'no post mortem necessary' appear it tends to indicate the person was known to the doctor who would have been aware of any illness or conditions that may have led to their demise.

 

[Shirley Dawn]

When the words 'no post mortem necessary' appear it tends to indicate the person was known to the doctor who would have been aware of any illness or conditions that may have led to their demise.

Many thanks, this is a helpful insight. Sheila